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How do you rate albums?

I'm curious as to how other users rate albums. I've seen a few people come out with ratings with several decimal places, so I'm assuming you rate each song and then take an average for the album. Whilst such a system has always appealed to me I've never used it. I generally rate the record as a whole on general enjoyment as well as how the instrumentation/songwriting/vocal delivery impressed me and whether the record made any emotional impact or has sentimental value to me. Additionally i try reserve 5 and 4.5 for albums i've sat with for a while and that elicit a strong emotional response on most listens, rarely giving a record more based on the musicianship alone unless it significantly shifted my musical taste or opened me up to something new. Its all quite vague and arbitrary but works for me. Was wondering how other people did it. Also curious as to how long people sit with a record / how many times they listen to it before you rate it, and whether you often change their rating after initially rating it. Let me know what you guys think. The list is a few examples of ratings and my thought process on getting to it.
1Linkin Park
Recharged


1. Dreadful record. Does absolutely everything wrong. Would rather listen to anything else. Generally for me there is not much of a difference between a 1 through to a 2, if its below a 2.5 its generally not something I ever want to hear again.
2Speak Low If You Speak Love
Everything But What You Need


2.5. 2.5 is generally something I'm quite indifferent about. It can often have a few good tracks, or a solid idea thats just poorly executed. Alternatively it can just bore the living daylight out of me, even if I can appreciate that its musically sound.
3Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties
We Don't Have Each Other


3. Records I generally enjoy but that I think show unexceptional song crafting, musicianship or lyrics/vocals usually end up around 3. Either that or they just have no longevity and don't sustain my interest. These are often the ones that I'd give a 3.5 or 4 on first listen but grow old quickly. Some music from when I was younger also finds its way here that I can't bare to drop to a 2.5 for nostalgia despite knowing that the music isn't all that good.
4Frank Turner
Poetry of the Deed


3.5. Probably the most frequent rating I give out. A 3.5 is a solid record and one that I would happily return to in the future. They can have a few off tracks sometimes but still be thoroughly enjoyable.
5pg.lost
It's Not Me, It's You!


4. A really solid album. Generally a 4 doesn't have a single track that I'd skip, is something I really enjoyed and would frequently come back to if time permitted. A handful of albums can make it to a 4 on nostalgia alone, but for the most part it requires great musicianship, song writing etc and for me to really enjoy it on every listen. Some albums make it here for introducing me to a genre, even if, after exploring the genre some more, the album itself isn't nearly the best the genre has to offer.
6Car Seat Headrest
Teens of Denial


4.5. An exceptional album. Highly enjoyable. Generally has to have stuck with me for a while and made a emotional impact on me, though a few records have made it this far on just being ridiculously enjoyable (Death Grips and Vektor, for example). Trying to dish out a few more 4.5s these days and not restrict it to albums that have hit me emotionally. This is basically as high as I go without the record having stuck with me for a good long time and having made a large impact. Additionally, there are a few records here that used to be my favourite albums when I was younger and now get a honorary spot here even though they've grown off me a tad.
7The Hotelier
Home, Like NoPlace Is There


5. As near to flawless as an album can get. I have a strong connection to all of these and they are the measuring sticks by which I rate all other releases.
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